CET二十年写作试题分析与研究

A Study of the CET Writing Test Items over the Past Two Decades

本文以1989年-2008年全国大学英语四、六级考试（CET）20年写作试题为研究对象，从试题的内容和设计两方面对其进行历时分析，旨在检测CET写作部分的命题质量。研究结果表明：试题的体裁趋向多样化、选材丰富、试题设计的真实性原则把握较好、开放性适中、提示信息充足。然而，CET写作试题的信息提供形式局限于提纲型，对交互性的考查较少。此外，四级写作的话题比较集中于学校生活和日常生活。据此，本文尝试为CET写作试题的命制以及大学英语写作教学提供一些启示与建议。

This paper analyses the writing test items of the National College English Test （CET） diachronically from 1989 to 2008 in terms of two aspects：the writing test content and its design, aiming at examining the quality of these items. The findings reveal that the genre tends to be diversified;the topics are rich;the principles of openness and authenticity have been adopted appropriately;the rubrics of the writing items contain adequate information. But the results also show that nearly all the rubrics are confined to the form of an outline ;interactiveness has rarely been taken into account in the design of the CET writing test items. In addition,the topics of the CET - 4 writing test items are limited to campus life and daily life. Based on these findings,this paper puts forward some suggestions for future improvement in the design of CET writing test items and for English writing teaching in College English classrooms.